The prosecutor's office said in a post on X that its cybercrime unit had executed a search warrant at the company's offices as part of a probe launched last January. It also announced that it was leaving the platform.
French authorities initially opened an investigation into Musk's X last year over allegations of algorithmic bias, according to Reuters.
X slammed the raid Tuesday as an "abusive act of law enforcement theater designed to achieve illegitimate political objectives rather than advance legitimate law enforcement goals rooted in the fair and impartial administration of justice."
"The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office is plainly attempting to exert pressure on X's senior management in the United States by targeting our French entity and employees, who are not the focus of this investigation," the company said in a statement.
It accused the prosecutor's office of ignoring "established procedural mechanisms" for obtaining evidence and dismissed the allegations underlying the investigation as "baseless."
"Today's staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech," it added. "X is committed to defending its fundamental rights and the rights of its users. We will not be intimidated by the actions of French judicial authorities today."
The raid comes as the social platform has faced intense scrutiny over the past month, as its AI chatbot Grok generated sexualized images of women and children in response to user requests.
X has since blocked users from editing images of real people into revealing clothing, in addition to barring users from generating such images in "jurisdictions where it's illegal." It also has limited image editing and generation capabilities for paid subscribers.
However, the platform still faces several investigations related to the surge in sexualized deepfakes.
The European Union announced late last month that it was launching a new probe into X to determine whether it "properly assessed and mitigated risks" from Grok, including the dissemination of illegal content.
Britain's communications regulator, Ofcom, also opened an investigation into X in mid-January. The country's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, announced a separate probe Tuesday as well.
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